News Archive - 3 October 2012

Yeah it’s a foul, but Tom Daley would be impressed by Taisir Al Jassim’s remarkable dive here. AFC Champions League quarter-final, second leg action in Jeddah and after a goalless first leg in Iran, Sepahan keeper Mohammadi Reza brings down Al Ahli’s Al Jassim and picks up an early red...

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>* Social unrest in Iran, Turkey-Syria clashes in focus* Coming up: ECB policy meeting; 1400 GMTBy Ramya VenugopalSINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Brent futures steadied above $108 a barrel on Thursday after a sharp drop in the previous session, with investors waiting for a European Central Bank policy meeting and...

>* Turkish military hits targets in Syria* Calls Syrian mortar bombing an "abominable attack"* Mortar bomb killed five in Turkish town* NATO ambassadors meet to discuss threat to member stateBy Seyhmus Cakan and Kadir CelikcanAKCAKALE, Turkey, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Turkish artillery hit targets inside Syria on Wednesday after a...

>* Israel has threatened military action against IranBy Louis CharbonneauUNITED NATIONS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stayed away from a meeting of six world powers on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly last week because he had to attend another "urgent matter," Russia's U.

>Iran, the world's No. 5 oil exporter, has tightened cyber security since its uranium enrichment centrifuges were hit in 2010 by the Stuxnet computer worm, which Tehran believes was planted by arch-adversaries Israel or the United States."Yesterday we had a heavy attack against the country's infrastructure and communications companies...

>By Luke Pachymuthu and Randy FabiSINGAPORE Oct 3 (Reuters) - Danish oil and shipping group A.P. Moller Maersk says it will talk to Vitol to determine whether one of its tankers was used by the trading house to ship Iranian fuel oil.The Maersk Producer, a tanker chartered by...

>* Currency plunge linked to Western sanctions* Money changers arrested* Panicked Iranians scramble for dollarsBy Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus GeorgeDUBAI, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Riot police clashed with demonstrators and arrested money changers in Tehran on Wednesday in disturbances over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40...

>* Simmering tensions in Middle East offer support* Coming up: EIA petroleum status report; 1430 GMT (Updates prices)By Simon FalushLONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday, as weak data from Europe and China dimmed the outlook for demand, while Europe's festering debt crisis added to the...

>DUBAI Oct 3 (Reuters) - Iran is working to shrink and eventually eliminate the free market in its tumbling rial currency, the economy minister was quoted as saying amid signs that foreign exchange trade outside a government-sanctioned centre was drying up. "The unofficial currency market will be gathered up," Shamseddin...

* Jittery investors await U.S. job data, watch Europe * Social unrest in Iran, Turkey-Syria clashes in focus * Coming up: ECB policy meeting; 1400 GMT (Recasts, adds quotes, updates prices) By Ramya Venugopal ...

Vatican City — Vatican police said Wednesday they found thousands of documents hidden inside the home of Pope Benedict XVI's former butler, including original documents signed by the pope bearing indications they should be destroyed.

This week Middle East expert Gayle Young spoke in Sapulpa where she shared about the political and social implications of the recent violence towards American interests in the Islamic world.

USA Wrestling wrapped up another day of competition today at the World University Wrestling Championships in Kourtane, Finland.

Tehran, Iran — Iranian riot police sealed off parts of downtown Tehran on Wednesday and fired tear gas rounds after street protests triggered by the country's tumbling currency.

>Riot police clashed with demonstrators and arrested money changers in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon in disturbances over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar over the last week.The Iranian economy has stuttered badly since the start of the year...

A contrite Ali Doustimehr conceded that his side couldn't match Uzbekistan for motivation as the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship hosts bowed out of the competition with a 3-2 semi-final defeat to the Central Asians.

A US judge formally ordered Iran, al-Qaeda and several other defendants Wednesday to pay $6 billion compensation to the victims of September 11, 2001, in a largely symbolic ruling.

TEHRAN -- Iranian police and demonstrators clashed Wednesday, Oct. 3, during street protests linked to rising prices and the plunging value of the national currency.

Ankara shelled targets in Syria after errant bullets from Syrian forces killed Turkish citizens, but analysts say neither side has the appetite for a fight. Mike Giglio reports.

I had high(ish) hopes for Thomas Mulcair inasmuch as I thought he might be the next prime minister.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian authorities used aggressive measures Wednesday in an attempt to halt the nosedive of the country's currency, making arrests, vowing to stamp out sidewalk money changers and warning merchants against fueling the mounting public anger over the economy. There were unconfirmed rep

The Iranian football team has been held off by Uzbekistan 3-2 and eliminated from the AFC U-16 Championship, which is being held in Iran.

Mitt Romney says he discussed Iran's nuclear threat in a phone call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Oil prices fall sharply on data from China and Europe

Iran recently put one of its three Kilo class submarines back into service after a period of refurbishment by an Iranian shipyard. Russia insists that refurbishment and upgrades of its Kilo class subs be done in Russian shipyards.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are in a fundraising contest, as the US election enters its home stretch.

If Iran is developing a nuclear weapon, should they be stopped before or after they may or may not have one? This is the scary, geo-political issue of the day involving the Middle East and therefore the world. For our country, it boils down to one basic question: should...

The Oakland Athletics captured the AL West with another improbable rally in a season full of them, coming back from four runs down and a 13-game division deficit to stun the two-time defending league champion Texas Rangers...

10/2/2012 - Gasoline, Diesel Prices Drop Slightly This week the price at the pump for a gallon of diesel or a gallon of gasoline decreased marginally from last week....

The commander of U.S. military operations in the Middle East is scheduled to speak Thursday afternoon at the University of Wyoming.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott says the state's oyster industry appears near collapse and needs help to survive. He says that includes getting more fresh water coming into Apalachicola Bay from Georgia.

New Mexican middle class buying American and boosting U.S. economy.

THE Iranian national accused of estafa and carnapping is no longer in Cebu, said police. Based on records of the Bureau of Immigration, Hamid Reza Seife Pour left for Iran with his Filipina wife last Saturday, said Chief Insp Michael Bastes, chief of the Investigation and Detection Management Branch (IDMB)...

NY judge approves $6B judgment in Sept. 11 families' lawsuit against Iran, Taliban, al-Qaida

>"They have made their own government decisions - having nothing to do with the sanctions - that have had an impact on the economic conditions inside of the country," Clinton told reporters when asked about protests sparked by the collapse of Iran's currency."Of course the sanctions have had an...

>WASHINGTON Oct 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held out the possibility on Wednesday that sanctions on Iran could be eased quickly if Tehran worked with major powers to address questions about its nuclear program.Speaking to reporters about protests in Iran triggered by the collapse...

As the crisis in Syria deepens, world powers have become more divided over how to resolve it. The death toll exceeds 20,000, according to the United Nations. In an unprecedented move, the Arab League called for the U.N. Security Council to end the violence in Syria. However, the...

The renewed focus on sanctions over Iran's nuclear program comes as concerns have subsided that an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities was imminent.

Netflix Inc. shares rose Wednesday after an analyst said customer satisfaction is on the rise following the price hike last year that irked subscribers.

TransDigm Group Inc. said Wednesday it has asked lenders to increase its credit facility so that it can pay its shareholders a special dividend. More >>

Moviemakers were forced to shut down production of THE LONE RANGER several times during the much-anticipated film's marathon 10-month shoot due to...

A fingerprint found at an Alabama crime scene, which then was connected to a run-in with immigration authorities the year before, put a face to a mass murderer — a tortuous connection that revealed the law enforcement teamwork necessary to crack the Beltway sniper investigation.

By The Associated Press YEN FOR FLYING: The takeoff of AirAsia Japan, Peach Aviation and Jetstar Japan could change lifestyles in Japan. No longer will air travel be mostly confined to business...

KLANG: Five men, armed with pistols, fled with about RM1 million from a security van which was found burnt at Jalan Tiong Off Jalan Eng Ann here today.

Walid Moallem, the foreign minister of Syria, blamed Israel in part for the American hands-off approach to fighting in Syria.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Iranian leaders are to blame for the sinking Iranian economy and rising economic protests.

>* Yemen could be new front for U.S.-Iranian struggle* Houthis say they were long been marginalisedBy Andrew HammondSANAA, Oct 3 (Reuters) - When riots erupted this month over an anti-Islam film made in California, Houthi rebels, long confined to remote corners of Yemen by then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh,...

>KHASAB, Oman (Reuters) - The fiber-glass skiffs hurtle across the water at break-neck speed, skirting the rocky cliffs on the last leg of the perilous journey from Iran to the sleepy backwaters of Oman's Musandam peninsula. At the helm are Iran's fast-boat smugglers, an army of mostly teenagers who shuttle...

>June 2009 - Hundreds of thousands of people protesting against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clash with police. The opposition says more than 70 people are killed. Officials say the death toll was half that. Thousands, including senior reformers, are detained and several are executed.December 2009 -...

Iranian riot police stand next to a waste bin set on fire by protesters in central Tehran. Scuffles broke out Wednesday in central Tehran in the first sign of unrest over Iran's plunging currency, which ...

Iranian fears of an Israeli airstrike on its nuclear facilities led its military to mistakenly fire on civilian airplanes and its own military aircraft, the New York Times reported. Click here for the rest of the article...

Russia has beefed up military security surrounding its old Arctic nuclear test archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in preparation for so-called subcritical nuclear tests of its old nuclear weapons, unconfirmed reports in Russia’s Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper indicate.

In sum, we are not convinced the global stock market rally will continue at least in the near term. Gold, however, is more likely to sustain gains from this expansion in the money supply.

Iranians are suffering their worst financial crisis since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, with the national currency hitting an all-time low and the prices of staple goods soaring.

>One was a senior military figure in Hezbollah, the Lebanese group which Syrian rebels accuse of supporting Assad's troops battling the 18-month-old uprising.Shi'ite Hezbollah has given strong public political support to its ally in Damascus but has not confirmed a military presence on the ground - wary of inflaming...

>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp., backed by a group of central banks located mainly in Asia and the Middle East, will launch its first sukuk of $300 million to $500 million "in a matter of months", its chief executive said. Kuala Lumpur-headquartered IILM, established last...

>* The parent company of T-Mobile USA, the struggling cellphone service provider, is in talks to buy MetroPCS Communications Inc as it fights to compete against two bigger rivals.* Autos in the United States flew off the lot at the highest sales rate in four years in September, adjusted...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday, as weak data from Europe and China dimmed the outlook for demand, while Europe's festering debt crisis added to the gloom. Brent November crude futures had fallen 96 cents to $110.61 a barrel by 1000 GMT. They ended Tuesday below...

>Saudi Arabia attended a preparatory session in Cairo on September 10 of officials from the four states but Riyadh has missed two ministerial meetings since. It has not announced any reason but Riyadh and Tehran have long tussled for regional influence.Ever since Egypt announced plans for the initiative in...

>Authorities said they had made their first inspection of an Iranian aircraft on Tuesday afternoon and let it fly on to Syria after finding no weapons.Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari promised the searches on Sunday in response to U.S. concerns Tehran is shipping arms to its ally Syrian...